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verb (used without object)
1.
to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
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to form and increase in size by a process of inorganic accretion, as by crystallization.
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to arise or issue as a natural development from an original happening, circumstance, or source: Our friendship grew from common interests.
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to increase gradually in size, amount, etc.; become greater or larger; expand: His influence has grown.
5.
EXPANDto become gradually attached or united by or as if by growth: The branches of the trees grew together, forming a natural arch.
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to come to be by degrees; become: to grow old.
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COLLAPSENautical. to lie or extend in a certain direction, as an anchor cable.
verb (used with object)
8.
to cause to grow: They grow corn.
9.
to allow to grow: to grow a beard.
10.
to cover with a growth (used in the passive): a field grown with corn.
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Grow upon
is always a great word to know.
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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grow on/upon,
a.
to increase in influence or effect: An uneasy feeling grew upon him as he went through the old house.
b.
to become gradually more liked or accepted by: a village by the sea that grows on one.
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grow out of,
a.
to become too large or mature for; outgrow: He has grown out of all his clothes.
b.
to originate in; develop from: The plan grew out of a casual conversation.
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grow up,
a.
to be or become fully grown; attain mental or physical maturity.
b.
to come into existence; arise: New cities grew up in the desert.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English growen, Old English grōwan; cognate with Dutch groeien, Old High German grouwan, Old Norse grōa
before 900; Middle English growen, Old English grōwan; cognate with Dutch groeien, Old High German grouwan, Old Norse grōa
Related forms
grow·a·ble, adjective
re·grow, verb, -grew, -grown, -grow·ing.
Synonyms
1. develop, multiply, swell, enlarge, expand, extend. 3. originate. 4. wax. 8. raise, cultivate, produce.
1. develop, multiply, swell, enlarge, expand, extend. 3. originate. 4. wax. 8. raise, cultivate, produce.
Antonyms
1. decrease. 4. wane.
1. decrease. 4. wane.
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Word Origin & History
grow
O.E. growan (of plants) "to flourish, develop, get bigger" (class VII strong verb; past tense greow, pp. growen), from P.Gmc. *gro- (cf. O.N. groa, O.Fris. groia, Du. groeien, O.H.G. gruoen), from root of grass (q.v.). Applied in M.E. to human beings (c.1300) and animals
EXPAND (1435) and their parts, supplanting O.E. weaxan (see wax (v.)).
COLLAPSE
"Have you ever heard anything about God, Topsy? ... Do you know who made you?" "Nobody, as I knows on," said the child. ... "I spect I grow'd. Don't think nobody never made me." [Harriet B. Stowe, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," 1851]Grown-up (adj.) "mature" is from 1633; the noun meaning "adult person" is from 1813. Growth is first attested 1557, on model of health, stealth, etc.
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Medical Dictionary
grow (grō)
v. grew (gr&oomacr;), grown (grōn), grow·ing, grows
To increase in size by a natural process.
To develop and reach maturity.
To be capable of growth; thrive.
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